AGRICULTURE AND
HORTICULTURE 2002
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AND MANAGEMENT
If you care about the environment, these courses will interest you.
Understanding our natural environment and the way it has been
affected by people is very important. Our challenge is to maintain
the existing environment and repair the damage wherever possible,
while at the same time providing sufficient food and fibre to feed
and clothe the population. These courses are designed to teach you
how to solve these types of problems. Courses specialise in a
range of environments national parks, forests, oceans and
agricultural land.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
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environmental scientist
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environmental planner
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Landcare coordinator
q
environmental officer with a mining company or government
q
economic adviser
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forester
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ecotourism manager
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park ranger
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technical forester
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scientist analysing soils
PROGRAM/PREREQUISITES
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FOUR-YEAR DEGREES
Bachelor of Environmental Management
12
q
(Natural Systems and Wildlife)*
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(Rural Systems)
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(Sustainable Development)
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(Tropical Forestry)
Sound level of achievement in Year 12 English is required
Bachelor of Environmental Science
9
(Natural Resource Science)
Sound levels of achievement in Year 12 English,
Mathematics B and Chemistry are required
Bachelor of Natural Resource Economics
12
Sound levels of achievement in Year 12 English
and Mathematics A or B or C are required
THREE-YEAR DEGREES
Bachelor of Applied Science
q
(Environmental Tourism)*
15
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(Protected Area Management)*
15
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(Animal Studies) with specialisation in wildlife biology*
15
Sound level of achievement in Year 12 English is required
TWO-YEAR DIPLOMAS
Diploma of Applied Science
20
q
(Forestry)*
q
(Marine Resources)*
q
(Nature Conservation)*
q
(Wilderness Reserves and Wildlife)*
No pre-requisite subjects required
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can be studied externally
AGRIBUSINESS AND
RESOURCE ECONOMICS
Agribusiness is the business of agriculture and the food chain,
from paddock to plate. If Australia is to continue to be a
successful primary producing nation, we need to be good at
business as well as producing crops. Resource Economics is an
applied branch of economics that applies economic principles
and techniques to the analysis of firm-level, regional, national
and global problems in either an agricultural or natural resources
context.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
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commodity traders
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marketers
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trainee managers
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managers of company run farms
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sales representatives
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managers with agribusiness companies
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bankers
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economic advisers and consultants in private business and
finance organisations, in Australia or internationally
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managers and policy analysts within the public sector
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planners and research officers
PROGRAM/PREREQUISITES
OP
THREE-YEAR DEGREES
Bachelor of Agribusiness
15
Year 12 English and Mathematics A or B
Bachelor of Natural Resource Economics
12
specialising in:
Agricultural Economics or
Resource and Environmental Economics
Year 12 English and Mathematics A or B or C
